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A Minnesota nonprofit program
Free hands-on help for Minnesota founders, from idea to first paying customer.
Applying takes about 3 minutes. No documents, no jargon.
The program
Three steps. No classroom, no certificate. Just your business, running.
Step 1
Tell us about your idea or your business. It takes a few minutes.
Step 2
One working session a week, then we sit down and build the real thing together.
Step 3
Registered, priced, online, and ready for customers. Yours, not ours.
The handover
Not advice. Not a plan in a binder. The actual pieces a working business needs, built with you and owned by you.
Every founder works through 9 milestones, date-stamped as they happen. The last three come after launch: first paying customer, first $1,000 in revenue, and a 6-month check-in.
Yours when you graduate
Your business exists on paper.
A real website, plus the listings and profiles customers actually search.
Prices you can say out loud, and a simple way to book and bill.
A clear way to find the next one. Most founders land their first before graduation.
Proof
Cohort One is forming now. As founders hit real milestones, they will appear here: real names, real businesses, real dates. The wall fills in public.
Who it's for
You're starting or growing a business. Any kind, anywhere in Minnesota. Lumisa is open to everyone. Priority goes to founders doing it without investors, family money, or a network that opens doors.
Lumisa works alongside
The advisors and lenders already serving Minnesota founders. Advising and lending exist. Lumisa adds the missing piece: someone who builds with you. Partner names will appear here as relationships are confirmed.
Cohort One is forming now. Spots are limited to 10 founders.
Applying takes about 3 minutes. No documents, no jargon.